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Social Anxiety

April 13, 2018
By Anonymous

cracked lips open to scream
but words don't reach my tongue
there's fear in my bloodstream
I've bled shark bait since I was young

if my shaky voice is in sync
with the scratch of graphite,
my whispers drip with ink,
I'm finally heard when I write.


The author's comments:

I wrote this for the "Ink it" contest but I'm not sure if just submitting it is all I have to do to enter... Oh well


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